good-bye 23, hello 24!

July 31, 2008

It’s my birthday today (August 1) and I’m saying good-bye to 23 – it was a very weird, up and down kind of year. Hello, 24 – I hope you’re a good year.

And, well, it’s starting off with a bang! It’s been awhile in the making (not that long in publishing terms, I think) and even when it came out for pre-order on Amazon I didn’t say anything. But hey, it’s my birthday, what better day to announce that…

(But if you wait a little bit and order it from lettuce knit, I’ll sign it for you!)

I’m freaked out, people. But assomeone gently reminded me the other night, it’s too late now to worry about it!

So all I can say is, I hope there are still knitters out there who want to learn how to knit socks, need a new sock reference, want some new sock patterns (there are a dozen of ’em), or, y’know, just want to buy my book!

I’m sure there are lots and lots of people who have always wanted to learn to knit socks, but haven’t quite gotten the idea from written text. It’s so much easier to show how it’s done with pictures. What an awesome idea for a book!

Congratulations and Happy Birthday are in order. I don’t think you have to worry about the need for more socks,, each day the sock popularity encreases and there are more of us. We Love Socks. I look for to the book for sure.

Wow! That’s wonderful! Every time I show a friend how to knit socks I use a combination of everything I’ve learned from your blog. Now I can just teach from the textbook! Happy birthday, too. 24 was definitely a better year for me than 23.

Congrats! That’s so cool. I really love the “Teach Yourself Visually” series; they’re what I used to teach myself to both knit and crochet, and I recommend them to every beginner knitter I know. I’m sure the book is great!

Damn, girl! That’s freakin’ awesome! I keep forgetting that you’re so young (yeah, I know, you probably hate it when people say that–so did I). What a great accomplishment and a terrific way to celebrate your birthday. (It’s also really helpful to have some wonderful accomplishments when you’re young to pull you through the identity crisis that ensues when you have kids and feel like your life is over–or maybe that’s just me! It passes.)

I’m a long time lurker, but I had to delurk to say happy birthday and congratulations! A published author at 24 is pretty damn impressive :D And as has been said many a time – you can’t have too many sock books ever :D

Wow! Dunno if you are into these things, but what a good thing to happen in “your” year (my brother is a Rat also). I must say this is just in time for me to learn to knit socks so I will definitely be purchasing!

Have never posted before, but I have been a longtime reader. Congrats! Ive never knit socks before, always wanted to. I think buying your book might get me to do it. It was your website where I learned to knit a cardi from the top down many moons ago. Anyways, thanks for the great blog! Ive learned alot from you.